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        "msgid": "initial-ugm-team-suspicions-on-fire-terror-at-sleman-house-chicken-waste-1780558368",
        "date": "2026-06-04 12:24:56",
        "title": "Initial UGM Team Suspicions on Fire Terror at Sleman House: Chicken Waste",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Science",
        "summary": "An interdisciplinary team from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) suspects that spontaneously appearing fires at a house in Sleman, Yogyakarta, are linked to hydrogen gas generated from fermenting chicken slaughterhouse waste. The investigation also suggests the possible presence of phosphine gas from phosphate-rich materials like bones and feathers, which could ignite the hydrogen upon contact with oxygen. Further in-depth investigation is required to confirm these preliminary findings.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cOur temporary conclusion is that the emergence of fire is associated\nwith hydrogen gas,\u201d stated the head of the PKPE FT UGM team, Prof Alva\nEdy Tontowi, in a written statement received on Thursday (4\/6\/2026).\nAlva mentioned that the emergence of hydrogen gas is strongly suspected\nto originate from chicken slaughtering waste. It is known that\nMutfiana\u2019s family runs a chicken slaughtering business attached to the\nhouse experiencing the mysterious fire phenomenon. \u201cThe hydrogen gas is\nstrongly suspected to come from the fermentation process of organic\nchicken slaughtering waste,\u201d he said. In addition, the team also\nsuspects that together with the hydrogen gas, there is another gas that\nis more easily flammable at room temperature, namely phosphine gas\n(PH3). This phosphine is thought to be formed from phosphate-rich\nmaterials such as bones and hard parts of chicken feathers.\n\u201cUnfortunately, this phosphine gas is not easily detected and will burn\nout completely if it meets oxygen. It is very possible that this\nphosphine gas triggered the ignition of the hydrogen gas that emerged\nsimultaneously. However, this still needs to be investigated more\ndeeply,\u201d he stated. Alva explained that the cross-disciplinary team at\nUGM\u2019s Faculty of Engineering, during an initial observation on Saturday\n(30\/5), obtained information from the Gegana unit of the Yogyakarta\nRegional Police that methane gas (CH4) was detected at the point where\nthe fire appeared. However, measurements using a thermal camera did not\nshow a significant temperature anomaly. \u201cThe thermal camera brought by\nthe UGM team indicated a temperature anomaly at the location where the\nfire appeared, but it was not significant, only ranging up to 29\u2070C. This\nmeans the temperature in the house area and its surroundings was still\nwithin the ambient temperature range and no high anomaly was found,\u201d\nAlva said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/initial-ugm-team-suspicions-on-fire-terror-at-sleman-house-chicken-waste-1780558368",
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